Advice for someone who wants to get into mixing?

5-0-what · Post by **5-0-what** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 10:47 pm

virtual DJ it may seem kinda cheesy but with a proper sound card you can use torq and serato and any other time code CD or vinyl for just starting out is a pretty good choice
just a though i have it on my laptop just incase my serato crashes or something i have a program that i can actualy mix live from my laptop even with no sound card also it has the ability to broadcast a radio station from your laptop

just a thought

http://www.virtualdj.com/

psylent · Post by **psylent** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:16 pm

Haha stay away from Virtual DJ as it does the work for you from what I've been told, mixing is like 6th sense and a skill!
www.djtutor.com
Really good free site with video lessons, I've been mixing for awhile now and I'm still learning new tricks off it!
Good luck!

5-0-what · Post by **5-0-what** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:57 am

Psylent wrote:Haha stay away from Virtual DJ as it does the work for you from what I've been told, mixing is like 6th sense and a skill!
www.djtutor.com
Really good free site with video lessons, I've been mixing for awhile now and I'm still learning new tricks off it!
Good luck!

i have been playing records since the mid 90's yes it is cheating if you use the cheats sink i mean beat sinc but you can use it just like serato or torq or tracktor or any other thing but with the digital mixing set ups they all tell you how fast each track is going when you make pitch adjustments any way so they all cheat me personaly i learned on gemeni belt drives but that was a long time ago use the beat sinc feature so that you can get an understanding of how to match a beat then give it a go without it your soundcard that you use for production should be able to run the time code

Brisance · Post by **Brisance** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:43 am

five-ohh-what wrote: i have been playing records since the mid 90's yes it is cheating if you use the cheats sink i mean beat sinc but you can use it just like serato or torq or tracktor or any other thing but with the digital mixing set ups they all tell you how fast each track is going when you make pitch adjustments any way so they all cheat me personaly i learned on gemeni belt drives but that was a long time ago use the beat sinc feature so that you can get an understanding of how to match a beat then give it a go without it your soundcard that you use for production should be able to run the time code

My eyes

serox · Post by **serox** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:56 pm

five-ohh-what wrote:
i have been playing records since the mid 90's yes it is cheating if you use the cheats sink i mean beat sinc but you can use it just like serato or torq or tracktor or any other thing but with the digital mixing set ups they all tell you how fast each track is going when you make pitch adjustments any way so they all cheat me personaly i learned on gemeni belt drives but that was a long time ago use the beat sinc feature so that you can get an understanding of how to match a beat then give it a go without it your soundcard that you use for production should be able to run the time code

I hear you. All this new digital stuff just makes standard mixing 10x easier. I am only interested in hearing people use digital software in a way that is not possible with two hands and a bag of records. You got to be pushing things to another level and not just doing standard mixing. I have heard some sets done using digital software and they have done some really impressive tricks that are impossible by a single person to do.

5-0-what · Post by **5-0-what** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:58 pm

i know i had a bunch of friends that dj oldskool house and breaks and all they really do is beat match and transition from track to trak and they refuse to except the digital revolution (I only play vinyl ) and then the see some random kid that really knows his serato or traktor or what ever
and they hear some crazy trick that they have not seen since they last 3x6 set they heard early 2000 and the next day they are at guitar center buying a serato box its so funny

djelements · Post by **djelements** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:28 pm

Neurotik wrote:Thanks! Thanks alot for the link too, i'm definately on that! I'm sure to find that very useful . Im messing around with Virtual DJ atm, it does kinda have that feel to it so i get what you mean. My other mate's offering me his cd decks, so i'll definately get some use from them if i can find two spare rewritable cds lying around. I was also just looking at NI Traktor, and had a quick look over the BCD 3000 controller which does't look bad for around £200 and Tracktor LE included.

Traktor is the sickness my man.

_boring · Post by **_boring** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:49 pm

traktor is it!!!

mixing to me, is ALL about hearing, moving the pitch around to match the beat isnt that hard once you can hear exactly what u need to do to the pitch.

so if u spend a lot of time on traktor just using your mouse to mix, you will gain a lot of hearing skill, in terms of seperating the beats but listening to them both at the same time. once you have the ability to hear a single beat in your cue headphones, this becomes way easier and then all you have to do is move the pitch around.

also spend a lot of time watching what local DJs do with the pitch

Brisance · Post by **Brisance** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:12 pm

five-ohh-what wrote:i know i had a bunch of friends that dj oldskool house and breaks and all they really do is beat match and transition from track to trak and they refuse to except the digital revolution (I only play vinyl ) and then the see some random kid that really knows his serato or traktor or what ever
and they hear some crazy trick that they have not seen since they last 3x6 set they heard early 2000 and the next day they are at guitar center buying a serato box its so funny

Not trying to be a dick or rude or anything, but could you try to use a bit of punctuation and capitalization? Your messages are hard to read like that

morro_e · Post by **morro_e** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:23 pm

I was in my friends Virtual DJ for about 6 months. lived there.

thats how i learned mixing

wolf hood · Post by **wolf hood** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:51 pm

you could pick up some CDJs dirt cheap these days just to get a feel for the sound and then decide whether you want to jump into the vinyl feel with serato

madsbass · Post by **madsbass** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:54 am

Do you have any advice for controllers for Traktor? Not too much expensive

madsbass · Post by **madsbass** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:13 am

I just bought the Behringer

But I have a problem getting it activated in Traktor

When Im in Traktor> Preferences> Medi Setup> Medi Interface it finds it easily but theres no x under "active"

Anyone of you know what Im doing wrong? I run a mac

Thank you

jolly wailer · Post by **jolly wailer** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 2:30 pm

I have problems with the term 'digital revolution' as it applies to DJing ..

I feel like time will show that its actually a parallel development

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